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(a) Gila monsters and beaded lizards (Family Helodermatidae);and (b) Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). (Ord. 08-088, passed 10-15-2013) § 95.078 EXCEPTIONS. (A) This section does not apply to animals which are temporarily brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any circus or show; nor does it apply to any public zoo, or persons keeping animals for a public zoo as volunteers, docents or otherwise; nor to any bona fide research institution, or veterinary hospital, provided protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public are provided. (B) In the case of regulated animals, those exemptions listed in M.S. § 346.155, subd. 7 shall apply (Ord. 08-088, passed 10-15-2013) LIVESTOCK § 95.090 LIVESTOCK. (A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote and preserve the natural resources within the City of Lake Elmo by regulating the keeping of livestock. Erosion as a result of overgrazing and leeching of manure into groundwater have adverse and potentially irreversible impacts on water quality and environmentally sensitive lands. (B) Prohibition of manure deposition without safeguards. No manure or livestock waste shall be deposited, stored, kept, or allowed to remain upon any site without reasonable safeguards adequate to prevent the escape or movement of the manure or wastes or a solution of the manure or wastes from the site which may result in pollution of any public waters or any health hazard. (C) Pollution Control Agency standard minimum requirement. All regulations imposed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency relating to keeping of livestock shall be adhered to and the regulations shall be considered the minimum safeguard necessary to prevent pollution of public water or creation of a health hazard. (D) Inadequate safeguards. In case the Zoning Administrator shall find that any manure is stored or kept on any lot or storage site without a safeguard, or that any existing safeguard is inadequate, the Zoning Administrator may order the owner or other responsible person to immediately remove the manure from the storage site and refrain from further storage or keeping of any manure at the site unless and until an adequate safeguard is provided. (E) Hazards and nuisances. On parcels of less than 40 acres which are not part of a larger crop -producing commercial agricultural farm, the keeping of horses, cattle, or other grazing animals on a site with less than 2 acres of existing grazable land per animal is, by this section, declared to he a nuisance. No domestic farm animals, or livestock, other than chickens or bees, shall be allowed on any parcel of less than 5 acres. No commercial kennels shall be placed on any site of less than 10 acres. (F) Grazable acres. Grazable acreage shall be defined as open, non -treed acreage exclusive of the homesite and yard that is currently providing enough pasture or other agricultural crops capable of supporting summer grazing at a density of I animal unit per 2 acres. Grazable acreage shall not include non jurisdictional wetlands or slopes over 12%. There is a presumption that 0.5 acres of site are dedicated to the homesite and yard, or considered ungrazable. This presumption is subject to rebuttal if a different calculation can be established by owner and city. (G) The number of permitted annuals shall be determined by the following table: Units IOne slaughter steer, heifer, or mature dairy cow 1.4